Washington-based professor Adam Summers uses coloured dyes to create these beautifully detailed images of fish that look like coloured x-ray for his photo series 'Cleared'.
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The associate director of Comparative Vertebrate Biomechanics at Washington University collected the specimens from various fisheries and treated them at the Biomechanics Lab at Friday Harbour in Washington.
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"The technique uses two vital dyes – Alcian Blue to stain cartilaginous elements a deep blue and Alizarin Red S to turn mineralized tissue crimson. The specimen is then lightly bleached with hydrogen peroxide to remove dark pigments, leaving a snow-white fish. Flesh is dissolved with Trypsin, a digestive enzyme found in your intestine… In order to make the skin and remaining connective tissue invisible the entire specimen is immersed in glycerin."
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"This technique is only effective on specimens that are less than about 1cm in thickness, and takes much longer for thick specimens than thin. A small fish might take 3 days to process while a larger animal could take several months."
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"Images are made while the fish is in glycerin on a light table with flash fill lighting."
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Summers photographed the fishes using a Canon 5D Mark III camera fitted with a 100mm Macro lens. The resulting photos are a collection of images that look like colored x-rays.
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All images are © Copyright of Adam Summers
Check his website: http://www.picturingscience.com/
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The associate director of Comparative Vertebrate Biomechanics at Washington University collected the specimens from various fisheries and treated them at the Biomechanics Lab at Friday Harbour in Washington.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwitrraxvEhzilA8gMYhyphenhyphenClWxOCy1bsPH6dtSACRpsU9KTRaWHt7dkNAbnxI0hSnzuY7H7CqqlObQYZoKSe0wU9I6UZIAb0kGl07jeIMPGwJmx8OHfwbpv77PEP7ozXX_5R_cKK-LDr_pH/s1600/02.jpg)
"The technique uses two vital dyes – Alcian Blue to stain cartilaginous elements a deep blue and Alizarin Red S to turn mineralized tissue crimson. The specimen is then lightly bleached with hydrogen peroxide to remove dark pigments, leaving a snow-white fish. Flesh is dissolved with Trypsin, a digestive enzyme found in your intestine… In order to make the skin and remaining connective tissue invisible the entire specimen is immersed in glycerin."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6I86-0Sa8LsUw3xhQSxMFTC3_k-eFJa91PO8PIONNu-hcXp6JCYnrhUkeFsTiwVeb_miBXITK9KdaGCTe_9kNONEwlt1vU5aZGxiUukasRHhoPUumYQ4zLAZ2qVcY3JMr10YQ7Vin26Uz/s1600/01.jpg)
"This technique is only effective on specimens that are less than about 1cm in thickness, and takes much longer for thick specimens than thin. A small fish might take 3 days to process while a larger animal could take several months."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjK6KfRxaBuzpzdE8R0upy0Axr0yXw4uoR4kdSUM37EYpXrG4QKcuxJ1ZzhfQv9VT-G4IQ9xSxWjkF00Ph-GZ1eg0VR3KcZyO5as8dJNy_PeZ6rXDgiH13JLRlcVhlO4ng40pJZlbPxs3/s1600/02.jpg)
"Images are made while the fish is in glycerin on a light table with flash fill lighting."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLtzYZ7HBKs0pYmq7R0riq2iK0dTSEFTjy3P5h7MvUYIIVAa7w8r-pfm2D56f2YiefvYYRJTOUWsXMIoAbqysYdbLOy-3MPeFUfXSG6O2tSb1cmbv17qXAzJzQiPr24lPdRMQyHtKAKl0/s1600/03.jpg)
Summers photographed the fishes using a Canon 5D Mark III camera fitted with a 100mm Macro lens. The resulting photos are a collection of images that look like colored x-rays.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpu4gbY8sL7v7A3JxfndaU9Dhd-FDKudgcGHli5oPqeTvGRRwjoy0czDpM2ii7CHps_HLZJFOVxHorufe6wPgiJ2dHw1VL2zA91yaZBu8xvZvx_9S4ovKZ5xX7dw86UU07j0WCzJJkMop/s1600/04.jpg)
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All images are © Copyright of Adam Summers
Check his website: http://www.picturingscience.com/
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